We're off to Lindisfarne on Friday for a long weekend enjoying "DigNation" hosted by DigVentures.During Saturday and Sunday there will be several talks by lots of archaeologists and members of The Time Team including Sir Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Dr David Petts, Professor Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor MBE, Dr Helen Geake and presenter Dan Snow to name a few.

It will be great to meet and chat with the Time Team members and get their views on how metal-detecting has moved on since the 1970's.

It will also be a great chance to display our metal-detecting experience and expertise with all the archaeologists and Time Team members.

Whilst up in the wilds of Northumbria, we plan to call in on potentially what may be a new permission.

I'm sure the weekend will be a blast, hopefully not from Storm Ali that's passing through Northern Britain at the moment!